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UTLET BOX.

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UNITED STATES nfrnn'r ormon- 'I Specification' of Letters Patent.

Patented June 11 1907.

Application filed April 12. 1906. Serial No. 311,401.

.T0 a/ZZ 'wh/0m it may concern.'

Be it known that I, SAMUEL E. HUNTTING,

a citizen of the United States, residing in the city of San Francisco, State of Cahforniar vhave invented a new and useful Article for Use in Connection with Electric Push-Buttons and Switches.

Myl invention relates to the insta-lling of electric push buttons and switches of the Flush ty,pe in the walls of buildingsin the course of construction. v

The object of my invention is to cause an aperture of the size to receive the button or switch to be left in the wall, when it is being plastered,.at the point where it is desired to locate the button or switch. When the wall connect the wires into the switch, etc.

At present switches are installed in the walls of buildings in two different ways.

The first method is b f using iron boxes which are installed in the faths in much the same manner as I propose to use my frame. The objections to this method are the relatively high cost of the boxes and certain difliculties attending their use, such as difficulty with machine screws, cramped space in which to In the other method, which is used in all cases` except Where these boxes are required by insurance '1.underwriters, it is customary to leave the wires protruding through the lath and plaster and to cut an aperture in the wall when installing the switch. In this case it is ve difficult to cut out the lath and plaster wiiliout breaking the latter, and even when the plaster is not breken, the switch is inseor laths.

.orted because of the severed lath his method is also expensive in the matter of time as such work is neces sarily slow.

.The following description in connection cure y sup ywith the accompanying drawings is aspecification of my invention.

In Vthe accompanying drawings similar figures relate to corresponding parts throughout the several views.

-b. is the strip of metal forming the body of `the frame.

c. is the -aperture left in the wall to receive l the button or switch.

a. are the ears which inithisform of construction are turned up tov form fiangcs. This is done by punching out the curved side of a semi-ellipse end turning itback on lthe straight edge, leaving the hole e. in the body of the frame. 4

The ends of the strip are fastened securely together by such .means as is best suited to the special construction used.

As you face the-front of the frame, the flanges farthest from you are ap roximately fiush with the farther side of the ame, while the other flange is distant from theformer slightly more than the thickness of the lath, and from the edge of the frame toward you, slightly less than the thickness of the plaster.

Io use my frame `a lath is nailed across the studding and the frame is set down onit in such a way that the two flanges set astride of the lath. A lath is now nailed across the top'of the frame in the same manner. The lat'hs at the sides are then filled in, the ends being supported by the flanges on the sides of the frame. The frame may be further secured by nailing it to the laths through holes in the front flanges. In case a board is nailed between the studs just back of the lath the frame may be securely fastened tothe board by nailing through holes in flanges on the back side. tage of being cheaply manufactured and easily installed, while making it possible also to quickly install the switch without danger of breaking the plaster.v It is also easy to remove the button or switch for repairs and replace again.

`in order to better support-the button or switch,

This frame has the advan- Having described my invention, I claim l as new, and desire to secure by Letters Pateut:

l. A frame for push buttons and s'witehes with flanges on the top and bottom between which the laths pass, thus supporting the frame.

2. A frame for push buttons and switches with flanges on each side which receive ben tween them the ends of the laths on each Iside of the frame, thus giving support to such laths. y

3. A frame having in front of the foremost flanges a rim slightly less 1n height than the thickness of the plaster, which rim supports the plaster at the edge ofthe aperture. c

4. A frame with flangesl a )proximately ush with the back side ofthe irame so thaty it may be nailed through itsback flanges tof a beard fastened between the studs.

5. A frame having fianges on top and b0t.

'IOCy anges on both sides ,by Which't supports the Wood of the laths to screw into instead other lath, so lthat; it acts, as. a metal tie of going' between the laths.

uniting 'seveza'l I'athsvn Such a, manner as to l, give better suppotv to' the Louttm 'or switch. SAMUEL E' HUNTTING' 'f `6. A frame so suppQ-ljted 'by laths at the Vtnesses:

abpvamdxbottpm that the supporting screws DON E. CAMPBELL, mmapI afdgbsttom of button or switch have EUGENE W. LEVY. 

